Posted Monday, August 16th, 2010
Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker landed his first commitment in the class of 2011 this weekend from Jonah Travis, a six-foot-six forward from De La Salle High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Travis is a highly talented player who ran with the Minnesota Pump n'Run this summer. ESPN gives him a high-major rating of 90 while NBE Basketball reports that he selected Harvard over 18 other division I scholarship offers. Travis is best described as a combo-forward with a great motor. …
READ MORE >
Posted Sunday, August 15th, 2010
Our latest video of the week comes care of HardwoodElite.com and features St. Mark's center Kaleb Tarczewski during his summer run with the New England Playaz. The video shows Tarczewski throwing down numerous dunks inside, blocking shots, and showing his nice around the rim. The New Hampshire native solidified himself as a top 50 player in the country with his work during the recent grassroots season while earning recruitment from a variety of high-major programs in the process including the likes of…
READ MORE >
Posted Sunday, August 15th, 2010
Holy Cross landed their second commitment in the class of 2011, returning to their Maryland routes to land Malcolm Miller, a six-foot-six swingman from Gaithersburg High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Miller and his Mid-Atlantic Select AAU squad made their way to New England this summer, playing at the Super 16 Showcase where coaches from Holy Cross were on hand. Described as a long, athletic, and versatile swingman who was flying a little bit under the radar, Miller is said to…
READ MORE >
Posted Sunday, August 15th, 2010
The class of 2012 has a chance to go down as the best ever in New England. With guys like Drummond, Murphy, Birch, Ledo, and Tarczewski, New England has four players who are ranked within the top ten players in the country by at least one national media outlet and five within the top thirty. With talent like that at the top of the class, it can be easy for the rest of 2012 to get stuck behind the headlines,…
READ MORE >
Posted Friday, August 13th, 2010
Michael Gabriel, a six-foot-seven 225 pound power forward from Lincoln Park High School in Chicago, committed to Quinnipiac this weekend and is expected to arrive on the Bobcats' campus later this month. Gabriel is described as a horse inside the paint who plays very hard, does the dirty work, and is a throwback style low post player. Gabriel recently traveled to AAU Nationals in Florida where he ran with Illinois Heat and led the team in both scoring and rebounding. While…
READ MORE >
Posted Friday, August 13th, 2010
Brantley to Wilbraham & Monson Jaylen Brantley will transfer from Springfield Central High School to Wilbraham and Monson Academy, reclassifying to the class of 2013, but still staying in Western Massachusetts. Brantley was the starting point guard for the BABC team that took the national championship at the recent AAU u16 nationals. In addition to being a knock down three-point shooter, Brantley has proven to have terrific composure and poise with the ball in his hands. At Wilbraham & Monson…
READ MORE >
Posted Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Alex Murphy was one of 24 players selected from around the country for the prestigious Boost Mobile Elite 24 game. Because the game is not directly sponsored by either Nike or Adidas, selection to the Boost Mobile game is particularly impressive because the committee has the rare ability to draw from any program, regardless of sneaker affiliation. Murphy was the sole New England player selected after Andre Drummond declined his invitation, as he did with both the Nike Global Challenge…
READ MORE >
Posted Thursday, August 12th, 2010
As in years past, the Scott Hazelton Basketball Camp proved to be a great place to see some of the top up and coming talent in New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts and it wasn't just the older players who stood out as a number of youngsters caught our eye as well: WADE GOP 5’8 MANCHESTER, NH - The flashy 13 year old 8th grader is a pure point guard with great ball handling skills. He has the ability to make…
READ MORE >
Posted Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Both Nike and Adidas concluded their respective grassroots season this week with competing International events. Both events operate under the same premise - assembling the top players in the United States to compete against their counterparts from the rest of the world. The Global Challenge tournament consists of eight teams, four comprised of players from the U.S. and then teams from Brazil, Canada, France, and Asia. Adidas Nations is comprised of six teams, United States 2011, United States 2012, Africa,…
READ MORE >
Posted Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Newly appointed head coach Mike Donnelly recently wrapped up his first recruiting class at the helm of the Owls’ program and came away with a big addition late in the summer. Greg Langston, who had played a full summer AAU season in preparation for his anticipated post-graduate year, ultimately decided to spurn prep school and instead accept a scholarship offer from his nearby state school. Following a storied career at St. Joseph’s High School in Trumbull, Connecticut, Langston opted to…
READ MORE >
Pages:
<
562
563
564
565
566
>
